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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1908
Page
2
Special correspondence reports visits by D. M. Hatton and local residents. J. C. Lowe returns after illness. several social visits and a lake outing. farm activity includes oats planting and early corn breaking. multiple local residents named with weekend and weekday events. church and Sunday school schedules. a railway grade break halts a large tile ditch project.
Flora five miles west resident George Stoops, an invalid for years, drank carbolic acid Saturday morning in his home. Despondency over his condition is blamed, though friends believed he had been improving the past few days.
Township assessors complete this year’s duties and must file reports with County Assessor Warnick by May 15. The county assessor will review books and sheets to speed the board of reviews, meeting June 1 with the auditor treasurer assessor and two freeholders. Friday was last day to settle dog tax. prosecutors warn it will be cheaper to pay up now.
Galveston residents and visitors appear in a string of brief notices. G W Emery shows slow recovery from a stroke while Mary E Thurston visits George Stanley and wife west of town. Ruth Ault sustains a severe hand burn Friday. Bessie Douglas of Kokomo visits Mrs Dollie Douglass. Mrs Harry Persinger of Anoka visits daughter Minnie McDonald. Sarah Thomas and Audra visit Rev T L Johnson family at Muncie. Robert McCoy returns to Sharpsville after local visit. B B Richards named administrator of James Brown estate with 10000 bond. S P Beyvinton room under construction. W L Huis crew laying cement foundations. Uncle John Gossett home after four weeks with Logansport relatives. game at May 10 score 20–0. G W Cogley Insurance and Real Estate. Dollie Douglass and daughters mentioned.
Milo Roush and Miss Mamie Smoyer married at the bride’s parents home on a Friday evening. They left for a wedding tour through the northern part of the state and will reside here after their return.
Camden T H Leslie visited Logansport Saturday. Reece Mills returned home Friday. Mrs Hattie Armick at flora. Pearl Scott of Burrows visited Mrs Retta Gardner Friday. O W Wyatt at Deer Creek Friday placing store front for Lordo Beck. Stella Gardner injures foot stepping on a nail. Caroll county convention meets Monday and Tuesday at the Lutheran church. Ripple Brothers show drew a large crowd Friday. Mrs John Wharton and daughter Fannie were in Logansport Saturday. J W Brown and Edith Moss to wed Saturday at Miss Moss parents home. Rev Hovis and wife returned from eastern trip. A C York in Manila will not be transferred to the U S. Henry Rinehart to move to town soon.
Sunday May 17 public notice asks attendees to be at the business meeting at the Royal Centre. Helen Gaby visits relatives at Twelve Mile and Mrs. August Swanson also stays there. Local residents and visitors include O O McDonald at Cloverdale and Elgie Barker hosted by neighbors Saturday night. Dave Sutton suffers blood poisoning after a dredge injury in Cleremont Minnesota. Several Logansport visitors named include S M Kistler and wife and others listed.
Delegates from I. O. O. F. and Rebecca lodges leave for Indianapolis to join the grand lodge sessions starting Monday in the new Temple. Delegates include Mrs Planck and Mrs Joseph Long from Jewell Rebecca lodge, with Past Noble Grands Mrs Braggs and Miss Mary Burns. Purity lodge sends Mrs Nyra Gordon and Miss Jesse Hedrick. others include Miss Ella Comingore and Mrs Ione Williams.
The Nelson announces The Sion and the Mouse by Charles Klein with Henry B. Harris on May 18, a stock company May 19, Al G Field Minstrels May 27 and Mary Mannering May 29. The piece has broken all Lyceum Theatre records in New York and draws Wall Street and Fifth Avenue interest, with a strong cast and May 18 seat sales underway. The Al G Field Greater Minstrels on May 27 boast famed scenic displays with an electric fountain and elaborate plant settings praised by critics.
Cornerstone laying for the new S J Luke s Evangelical Lutheran church scheduled for 5 o clock at First and Market streets. Program includes hymns readings prayers a sermon by Rev S A Ort and a working address by Rev J O Simon at Wittenders College Springfield Ohio with services throughout the day including Sunday school worship and Luther League devotional sessions.
Captain Thomas H. McKee was selected by the District of Columbia Supreme Court justices to succeed Captain James H. Harris of Noblesville Indiana whose resignation takes effect at month end. McKee, about 65, formerly journal clerk of the House of Representatives. his brother is Mayor McKee.
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